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enPalestinians Ask: The Two-State Solution Or The Two-State Illusion?http://iowapublicradio.org/post/palestinians-ask-two-state-solution-or-two-state-illusion
Palestinians in the West Bank don't get to vote in Israel's election on Tuesday, but they do have opinions.<p>And at a time when talks toward creating a Palestinian state have stalled, there are Palestinians like Ahmad Aweidah who are seeking alternatives to the traditional call for a two-state solution.<p>Aweidah is among those busy building the outward signs of a Palestinian state. Such efforts were visible when we went to visit him in the city of Nablus.Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:27:00 +0000Steve Inskeep54810 at http://iowapublicradio.orgPalestinians Ask: The Two-State Solution Or The Two-State Illusion?2 Israeli Candidates Struggle With Nation's Uncertain Futurehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/2-israeli-candidates-struggle-nations-uncertain-future
While traveling in Israel this month, we asked several Israelis if they worried about the future of their country.<p>"Of course I'm concerned," answered Stav Shaffir.<p>"We're threatened from all over," said Anat Roth.<p>Both women are candidates for Israel's Knesset, or parliament, in Tuesday's election. They have a common concern about their country's future — its conflict with Palestinians, its relations with the rest of the world — that has driven them to vastly different political positions.<p>Shaffir, 29, is considered a rising star in the left-leaning Labor Party.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:29:00 +0000Steve Inskeep54763 at http://iowapublicradio.org2 Israeli Candidates Struggle With Nation's Uncertain FutureIn The West Bank, Living Side By Side — But Agreeing On Nothinghttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/west-bank-living-side-side-agreeing-nothing
No matter how much you've read about the struggle for land in the Middle East, it deepens your understanding to visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.<p>The Israeli settlements, founded in areas that Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, raise some of the more contentious issues in the conflict.<p>Israel is under pressure to stop building them, and eventually to surrender many of them to make way for a future Palestinian state.Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:40:00 +0000Steve Inskeep54658 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIn The West Bank, Living Side By Side — But Agreeing On NothingIranians Wait And Wonder If A New Dawn Is Cominghttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/iranians-wait-and-wonder-if-new-dawn-coming
When we walked into a shopping mall in Tehran, Pooya Shahsiah was waiting for us at the top of the escalator. She's the co-owner of a trendy little shop on the second floor that sells shirts, scarves, cups and jewelry. Cloth hangs along the walls in reds and yellows and blues.<p>There is, for example, a purple shirt with a colorful illustration of a rooster crowing. Parts of the rooster are made out of Persian words.<p>Shahsiah says it was inspired by a Persian poem, and she's applied the same design to scarves and mugs.Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:34:00 +0000Steve Inskeep53736 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIranians Wait And Wonder If A New Dawn Is ComingIran's Jews: It's Our Home And We Plan To Stayhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/irans-jews-its-our-home-and-we-plan-stay
Iran is a country where people at rallies routinely chant "Death to Israel." It's also home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel and Turkey.<p>Iran's Jewish population topped 100,000 in the years before the Shah of Iran was toppled in 1979 by the country's Shiite Muslim clerics. Today, the number of Jews has dipped to below 9,000.<p>The Jews' very presence in Iran demonstrates the complexity of a country that is hard for outsiders to understand.Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:25:00 +0000Steve Inskeep53688 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIran's Jews: It's Our Home And We Plan To StayHagel: Stress Of 'Nonstop War' Forcing Out Good Soldiershttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/hagel-stress-nonstop-war-forcing-out-good-soldiers
<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/24/366310360/defense-secretary-hagel-said-to-be-stepping-down">Outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel</a>, speaking to NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>, says he's concerned about retaining qualified U.S. military service members amid the "stress and strain" of more than 13 years of continuous warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq.<p>In one of his last interviews in the job he's held since February 2013, Hagel refers to the "hidden consequences" of "nonstop war" faced by American combat forces since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:04:00 +0000Steve Inskeep52504 at http://iowapublicradio.orgHagel: Stress Of 'Nonstop War' Forcing Out Good SoldiersSen. Marco Rubio Hopes For A Congress 'Whose Work Is Relevant' To Americanshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/sen-marco-rubio-hopes-congress-whose-work-relevant-americans
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is spending the holidays thinking about his future. Rubio was a prominent member of the contentious Congress that just ended. Some analysts labeled it the "worst Congress ever."<p>Shortly, Republicans will take control of both chambers.Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:02:00 +0000Steve Inskeep51378 at http://iowapublicradio.orgSen. Marco Rubio Hopes For A Congress 'Whose Work Is Relevant' To AmericansWaiting For A Break: Obama On 'Strategic Patience' In Foreign Policyhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/waiting-break-obama-strategic-patience-foreign-policy
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sia3Sh8iyc</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rOUquIhtM</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07S0lzzQB4Y</p>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:03:00 +0000Steve Inskeep51319 at http://iowapublicradio.orgWaiting For A Break: Obama On 'Strategic Patience' In Foreign PolicyHere's Why Obama Said The U.S. Is 'Less Racially Divided'http://iowapublicradio.org/post/heres-why-obama-said-us-less-racially-divided
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-q0F1d7bA</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOh4Da9pjY0</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N48-S4hxnQU</p>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:13:00 +0000Steve Inskeep51277 at http://iowapublicradio.orgHere's Why Obama Said The U.S. Is 'Less Racially Divided'Despite Election Defeat, Obama Sees Room To Push His Agendahttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/despite-election-defeat-obama-sees-room-push-his-agenda
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5B5vec7p8</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1wlJCSaOu0</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KnbeWPCJEw</p>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:06:00 +0000Steve Inskeep51231 at http://iowapublicradio.orgDespite Election Defeat, Obama Sees Room To Push His Agenda'Warning Shot': Sen. Warren On Fighting Banks, And Her Political Futurehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/sen-warren-warns-spending-bill-sets-dangerous-precedent
<strong><em><strong>Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET</strong></em>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:19:00 +0000Steve Inskeep50619 at http://iowapublicradio.org'Warning Shot': Sen. Warren On Fighting Banks, And Her Political FutureWhen Grandma's House Is Home: The Rise Of Grandfamilieshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/when-grandmas-house-home-rise-grandfamilies
In a shift driven partly by culture and largely by the economy, the number of grandparents living with their grandchildren is up sharply. According to <a href="http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/demo/p20-576.pdf" target="_blank">recent U.S.Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:26:00 +0000Steve Inskeep50616 at http://iowapublicradio.orgWhen Grandma's House Is Home: The Rise Of GrandfamiliesTalking Point Or Proof Of Value: CIA Tactics And The 'Second Wave' Plothttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/talking-point-or-proof-value-cia-tactics-and-second-wave-plot
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Talking+Point+Or+Proof+Of+Value%3A+CIA+Tactics+And+The+%27Second+Wave%27+Plot&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDExNDExMTQwMDEzNjkwODAzMTkxNmQ4Zg004)"/></div><p>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:55:00 +0000Steve Inskeep50445 at http://iowapublicradio.orgSen. Bernie Sanders On How Democrats Lost White Votershttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/sen-bernie-sanders-how-democrats-lost-white-voters
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is one of two independents in the Senate. Now, the self-described socialist says he may run for president.<p>Sanders is aligned with Senate Democrats, but he has spoken lately of a problem with the Democratic coalition that elected President Obama. He says working-class white voters have abandoned Democrats in large numbers.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:12:00 +0000Steve Inskeep49468 at http://iowapublicradio.orgSen. Bernie Sanders On How Democrats Lost White VotersA Marine's Parents' Story: Their Memories That You Should Hearhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/marines-parents-story-their-memories-you-should-hear
I never meant to play you this story. Let me tell you why I had to.<p>Every so often I record interviews as part of a school benefit. People ask me to question their parents, or grandparents, to preserve family history. The stories that emerge are a little like <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps" target="_blank">our series StoryCorps</a>.<p>When the McHone family arranged for me to interview Sylvia and Ron of Crystal Lake, Ill., I didn't know their story. Only shortly beforehand did I learn that they wanted to set down some memories of their son, Capt.Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:32:00 +0000Steve Inskeep49093 at http://iowapublicradio.orgA Marine's Parents' Story: Their Memories That You Should HearThe Republican Party's Remarkable Non-Transformationhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/republican-partys-remarkable-non-transformation
Sometime after the polls close Tuesday night, we'll find out if Republicans managed a spectacular feat.<p>The party that lost the last two presidential elections is seeking a comeback, adding control of the Senate to control of the House. Republicans aim to dominate Congress with a fresh presidential election looming in 2016.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:28:00 +0000Steve Inskeep48748 at http://iowapublicradio.orgThe Republican Party's Remarkable Non-TransformationFor This Colorado Voter, Oil And Gas Debate Plays Out On His Propertyhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/colorado-voter-oil-and-gas-debate-plays-out-his-property
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=For+This+Colorado+Voter%2C+Oil+And+Gas+Debate+Plays+Out+On+His+Property&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MTExMzYxMDEzMTU0MTU2MDdlYjM2Nw004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: <p>As the election nears, we've been knocking on doors. We walked the streets in areas considered vital in this fall's election in Colorado. That state is the scene of one of the races that will decide control of the Senate.Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:57:00 +0000Steve Inskeep48587 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBurger King Announces Merger With Tim Hortons, Move To Canadahttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/burger-announces-merger-tim-hortons-move-canada
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Burger+King+Announces+Merger+With+Tim+Hortons%2C+Move+To+Canada&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAwMjMzNDA2MDEyOTc4NzE1NzhiYWUyMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: <p>Burger King confirmed today that it is buying Tim Hortons. That's the doughnut and coffee chain headquartered in Canada. It is an $11-billion purchase. Burger King seems - sees a lot of things it likes in Tim Hortons, especially its Canadian address.Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:47:00 +0000Steve Inskeep45785 at http://iowapublicradio.orgA Somber Show Of Support At Michael Brown's Funeralhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/somber-show-support-michael-browns-funeral
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=A+Somber+Show+Of+Support+At+Michael+Brown%27s+Funeral&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5Njc0ODg4MDEzNDA5MTE5NDRhNDMzYw004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: <p>This is NPR News. Funeral services for Michael Brown are taking place this morning. The father of the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police just over two weeks ago in Ferguson, Missouri, has asked for peace as his son is laid to rest.Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:53:00 +0000Steve Inskeep45735 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorder Agency Chief Opens Up About Deadly Force Caseshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/border-agency-chief-opens-about-deadly-force-cases
The new commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says he is reviewing scores of incidents in which agents have used deadly force.<p>R. Gil Kerlikowske made that statement during an exclusive interview with NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>. It was his first extended conversation about controversial incidents in which the Border Patrol has killed civilians without apparent accountability.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:30:00 +0000Steve Inskeep43928 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorder Agency Chief Opens Up About Deadly Force CasesGM To Pay Record Fine Over Safety Recallhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/gm-pay-record-fine-over-safety-recall
The Department of Transportation on Friday announced that it's ordering General Motors to pay a $35 million civil penalty for the handling of its ignition switch problems.Fri, 16 May 2014 16:08:00 +0000Steve Inskeep40728 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorn From The Border, Tijuana Grows In New Wayshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/born-border-tijuana-grows-new-ways
Tijuana is itself a creation of the border. The borderline was drawn here in 1848, as the United States completed its conquest of the present-day American Southwest. The border, along with the growth of San Diego and Los Angeles, gave Tijuana a reason to be.<p>Border security is ever-present here. The city has grown so close to the rusted U.S. border fence that it practically leans on it. The fence even cuts across the middle of Friendship Park, a circular plot of land that was laid out on the actual borderline as a symbol of the two nations' warm relations.Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:25:00 +0000Steve Inskeep38244 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorn From The Border, Tijuana Grows In New WaysCrossing The Desert: Why Brenda Wanted Border Patrol To Find Herhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/crossing-desert-why-brenda-wanted-border-patrol-find-her
It's hard enough to drive through the Arizona desert, where the sun is harsh and the distances immense. This is the story of people who walk it.<p>In particular, it's the story of Brenda, who asked us to use only her first name. She told us yet another of the unbelievable stories you hear in the Borderland.<p>We met her in Nogales, Sonora, on the northern border of Mexico opposite Arizona.Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:58:00 +0000Steve Inskeep38187 at http://iowapublicradio.orgCrossing The Desert: Why Brenda Wanted Border Patrol To Find HerFrom Pancho Villa To Panda Express: Life In A Border Townhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/pancho-villa-panda-express-life-border-town
Columbus, N.M., is all about the border. It's an official border crossing. Its history centers on a cross-border raid. In more recent years, it was a transit point for illegal weapons heading south into Mexico.<p>It's also the destination for children heading north to a U.S. school.<p>All the different strands of Columbus came together when we spent the day with the new mayor of the village.Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:39:00 +0000Steve Inskeep38124 at http://iowapublicradio.orgFrom Pancho Villa To Panda Express: Life In A Border TownOn The Mend, But Wounds Of Violence Still Scar Juarezhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/mend-wounds-violence-still-scar-juarez
We had just finished our time in Juarez, Mexico, when we had dinner with some distant relations on the U.S. side of the border. "You," one of my relatives said, "are the first Juarez survivors we've seen in some time."<p>He said this even though he lives within sight of Juarez, in El Paso, just across the Rio Grande. Many people on the U.S. side long ago stopped visiting their Mexican sister city, and not without reason: Juarez was the world's most violent city as recently as 2010.Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:00:00 +0000Steve Inskeep38005 at http://iowapublicradio.orgOn The Mend, But Wounds Of Violence Still Scar JuarezThe Rarely Told Stories Of Sexual Assault Against Female Migrantshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/rarely-told-stories-sexual-assault-against-female-migrants
Transcript <p>ARUN RATH, HOST: <p>A dust-covered car has been in our parking lot at NPR West this week. It was the vehicle that took Steve Inskeep and several colleagues along the entire border between the U.S. and Mexico. We've been hearing what they found in recent days, stories of people and goods and culture that cross the border. Steve's in our studio now with a rather difficult story to tell. Steve, what is that?<p>STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: Well, Arun, it involves people who migrate illegally across the border into the United States, which, of course, has been happening for decades.Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:15:00 +0000Steve Inskeep37993 at http://iowapublicradio.orgCongressmen Are Bullish On The Borderlandshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/congressmen-are-bullish-borderlands
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Congressmen+Are+Bullish+On+The+Borderlands&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxODc1ODA5MDEyMjg1MDYxNTFiZTgwZg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)<p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>We begin our next story with the sound of a parade this month in Brownsville, Texas.<p>(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)<p>MARTIN: Thousands of people watched the parade in that border city. Naturally, politicians attended too - including the candidates for Texas governor.Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:41:00 +0000Steve Inskeep37976 at http://iowapublicradio.orgAlways Watching: A Fragile Trust Lines The U.S.-Mexico Border http://iowapublicradio.org/post/always-watching-us-mexico-border-site-complexity
We drove 2,428 miles on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and it's safe to say that for much of the road trip, we were being watched.<p>Border Patrol agents, customs officers, cameras, sensors, radar and aircraft track movement in the Borderland. None of that has stopped the struggle to control the border, or the debate over how best to do it.<p>The Border Patrol — part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — allowed us a look inside the communications center at its headquarters in Laredo, Texas. The room had no windows, just a giant wall of screens.Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:22:00 +0000Steve Inskeep37957 at http://iowapublicradio.orgAlways Watching: A Fragile Trust Lines The U.S.-Mexico Border Intocable's Music Straddles The Borderhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/intocables-music-straddles-border
<em>Morning Edition's</em> Steve Inskeep stops in Zapata, Texas, in the latest installment of our Borderland series. Zapata is the hometown of the lead singer of Intocable, a band popular on both sides of the border. Ricky Munoz explains how listening to a mix of Mexican music, country hits and rock bands like Def Leppard while growing up influenced his band. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR.Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:09:00 +0000Steve Inskeep37888 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorderland: A Journey Along The Changing Frontierhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/borderland-where-neighbor-nations-emerging-futures-meet
My colleagues and I drove 2,428 miles and remained in the same place.<p>We gathered a team, rented a car, checked the batteries in our recorders and cameras. We moved from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. We crossed deserts, plains and mountains. But all the while, we were living in Borderland — zigzagging across the frontier between Mexico and the United States.<p>We were seeking stories of people, goods and culture that cross the border. Heavily fortified though it is, the border remains the place where two nations meet, trade, clash and influence one another.Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:35:00 +0000Steve Inskeep37770 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBorderland: A Journey Along The Changing Frontier